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Nanoscale

A facile and general strategy for the synthesis of porous flowerlike Pt-based nanocrystals as effective electrocatalysts for alcohol oxidation†

Da-Bing Huang,a   Qiang Yuan,*a   Pei-Lei He,b   Kai Wangb  and  Xun Wang*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550025, P. R. China
E-mail: qyuan@gzu.edu.cn

b Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
E-mail: wangxun@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Abstract

In this paper, porous flowerlike Pt-based (Pt, PdPt, RhPt and RhPdPt) nanocrystals were successfully achieved by a simple, economic, environmentally friendly route under the same synthetic conditions at 85 °C. The electrocatalytic properties of these flowerlike Pt-based nanocrystals toward alcohols (glycol, glycerol, methanol and ethanol) oxidation were investigated and they displayed enhanced catalytic performance compared with commercial Pt black. Among them, porous Pd45.5Pt54.5 nanoflowers showed the best catalytic performance with significant mass activity and long-term stability. More importantly, the current synthesis strategy can be easily amplified to gram-scale production.

Graphical abstract: A facile and general strategy for the synthesis of porous flowerlike Pt-based nanocrystals as effective electrocatalysts for alcohol oxidation

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6NR04927C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Jun 2016
Accepted
14 Jul 2016
First published
15 Jul 2016

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 14705-14710

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A facile and general strategy for the synthesis of porous flowerlike Pt-based nanocrystals as effective electrocatalysts for alcohol oxidation

D. Huang, Q. Yuan, P. He, K. Wang and X. Wang, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 14705 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR04927C

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